University of West Georgia
Location
Carrollton, GA | United States
Job description
Admissions Representative Location Carrollton, GA :
Since 1906, UWG has been home to those who are eager to learn, grow, and advance. Now, nearly 13,000 students from across Georgia, 31 states and 62 countries call UWG home. With 95+ undergraduate programs and concentrations, and 35 master's, specialist, and doctoral degree programs, our institution builds capacity to help develop talent pipelines for in-demand industries. Today, we're a regional powerhouse, making an economic impact of more than $633 million in the region and state.
With our main campus in Carrollton (GA) and presences in Douglasville (GA), Newnan (GA), and online, we take pride in working every day to curate a first-choice university by making a difference in the lives of our students, alumni, industry partners, and the communities we serve. The academic enterprise of the university is organized into our College of Art, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry; College of Education; Richards College of Business; University College; School of Communication, Film, and Media; Tanner Health System School of Nursing; Honors College; Graduate School; UWG Newnan; and our UWG Douglasville Center.
In addition to marketing the University of West Georgia to prospective students, parents, secondary school personnel, high school counselors, senior high school administrators, and organizations involved in the college selection process, this position also counsels and advises each of those constituents on the Undergraduate Admissions process. The position will additionally be responsible for a specific recruitment territory and the management of that territory through the development of a territory-specific strategic recruitment plan with activities meant to take prospective students through the enrollment funnel from prospect to enrolled. This will include extensive travel including overnight and weekends, which will require autonomy and self-accountability.
1 - 35 Counseling and advising given to persons at all stages of the enrollment funnel, including prospects (cold leads), applicants, accepted students, and those students who are denied admission; prospective students will be counseled and advised on the college search process and the benefits of attending UWG; applicants will be counseled advised on how to apply for college and specifically on completing their UWG application; accepted students will be counseled and advised on the next steps of enrollment, including providing them a guiding hand on applying for Financial Aid, registering for Orientation, and completing their Housing contract; denied students will be counseled and advised on alternative options to Going West, including programs like West in 30 and appeals 2 - 30 Markets the University to prospective students, parents, secondary school personnel and organizations involved in the college selection process through extensive travel to high schools, college fairs, and civic organizations across the state and through on campus and off campus presentations ranging in size from individual family visits to large scales audiences (often several hundred). Candidates performance, overall, will be measured on meeting specific enrollment goals. 3 - 25 Develops and implements a strategic plan for growing a recruitment territory (specific to them) including travel to their territories, drop-ins, direct phone calls, texts, social media, and emails in order to encourage application and enrollment; Including Hispanic and Latinx Ambassadors and specific Hispanic and Latinx recruitment events and necessary translated information. These duties take place in a high paced environment with a focus on innovation and diversifying the opportunities for selling UWG to prospective students and parents, while focusing on attaining assigned enrollment goals. 4 - 10 Supervision and development of Student Recruitment Team student liaison. Responsible for training student and providing daily supervision to student to help with overall recruitment efforts of the Undergraduate Admissions team.
Educational Requirements Bachelor's degree required or must be obtained within 3 months of hire. Other Required Qualifications Drivers License Required Experience Experience working with a diverse group of people and an ability to present a positive image for the University required. Must be adaptable to rapid-paced environment and possess a considerable degree of flexibility. The candidate for this position must be a goal driven, self-starter, capable of working independently while serving as the lead consultant on the day-to-day recruitment efforts related to UWG and must have exemplary interpersonal/communication skills. Travel is necessary and personal vehicle use is occasionally required.
Preferred Experience One year of admissions experience. Familiarity with Recruit, Banner, or similar system.
ABILITIES Through these conversations, the representative must make decisions on the most impactful way to deliver this information so that the prospective student or applicant continues to choose UWG. Again, these conversations are very important and impactful on enrollment to the institution because a single interaction with a prospective student or even at a high school event could have lasting consequences on whether or not a student or group of students chooses to ultimately enroll in the university. This position's impact on new student enrollment leaves very little room for error and requires a representative to be ready to make hard decisions around both strategy and communication to prospective students largely unsupervised, since many of these decisions are made when they are in the community recruiting and away from their direct supervisor or support of their team. SKILLS In addition to being the first impression of the institution to prospective students and other outside constituents, the Admissions Representative is responsible for making strategic decisions around recruitment for their own personal territory; they formulate a specific plan for their recruitment territory and are responsible for deciding which recruitment practices to employ for that territory. These types of decisions can impact recruitment and enrollment for the institution, as the representative is making choices that could largely affect whether or not a specific student chooses our institution or whether or not a specific territory is marketed to in an effective way that helps to support our mission of increasing new student enrollment. Additionally, the Admissions Representative is responsible for delivering admissions decisions to our prospective applicants and counseling both applicants and inquiries on the admissions process.
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of West Georgia, as determined by the University of West Georgia in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug test. Offers are made expressly subject to the applicable federal and state laws, to the statutes, rules and regulations of this institution and to the Bylaws and Policies of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia (USG), which are available for your inspection upon request.
The University of West Georgia is an equal employment, equal access, and equal educational opportunity, and affirmative action institution. It is the policy of the University of West Georgia to recruit, hire, train, promote and educate persons without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status as required by applicable state and federal laws (including Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Sections 503, and 504, ADEA, ADA, E.O. 11246, and Rev. Proc. 75-50
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